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Unaudited results suggest that the Group's trading result for 2017, as measured by PBTA, was approximately £54m (2016 £50.7m). Profits from each of our segments increased year on year although Energy profits are lower than we expected.

In light of the lower than expected performance of the Energy businesses and uncertain longer-term prospects of the oil industry, the Board has decided to make a goodwill impairment charge of approximately £40m in respect of the Energy businesses.

The Board is committed to revitalising our international oil and gas businesses and meeting the challenges of a changing hydrocarbons market and emerging alternatives.

Our conversion of profit into operating cash flow was again strong. Net bank borrowing at 31 December 2017 was approximately £80.6m (December 2016 £83.4m).

RPS will report its 2017 segmental results consistent with the presentation that was used in 2016 which reported the results of Energy as a separate segment. The appendix to this announcement shows the Interim Results for the six months ended 30 June 2017 restated to be consistent with this revised segmentation.

1 February 2018

Enquiries:

RPS Group plc

Tel: 01235 863206

John Douglas, Chief Executive

Gary Young, Finance Director

Instinctif Partners

Tel: 020 7457 2020

Justine Warren

Matthew Smallwood

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RPS define, design and manage projects in the property, energy, transport water, defence and security and resources sectors across 125 countries. We have offices in the UK, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, the United States, Canada, Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand and undertake projects in many other parts of the world.

This announcement contains certain forward-looking statements with respect to the financial condition, results of operations and businesses of RPS Group plc. These statements involve risk and uncertainty because they relate to events and depend upon circumstances that will occur in the future. There are a number of factors that could cause actual results or developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.

Appendix

Segmental Results for the 6 months ended 30 June 2017 as restated

£000s

Fees

Expenses

Intersegment revenue

External Revenue

BNE - Europe

147,014

20,006

(536)

166,484

BNE - North America

35,221

2,232

(123)

37,330

Energy

33,209

5,835

(686)

38,358

AAP

66,970

5,593

(219)

72,344

Group eliminations

(1,359)

(205)

1,564

-

Total

281,055

33,461

-

314,516

£000s

Underlying profit

Reorganisation costs

Segment profit

BNE - Europe

19,517

-

19,517

BNE - North America

4,411

(109)

4,302

Energy

2,998

(236)

2,762

AAP

8,302

(349)

7,953

Total

35,228

(694)

34,534

Segmental Results for the 6 months ended 30 June 2017 as originally presented